If the written account is accurate then the very first line of the conversation went thusly:

I'm a regular Jalopnik reader yet I have no idea what a Jalopnik-approved car is anymore. Some articles say buy used with a Carmax warranty, some say buy used outrageously unreliable European cars with no warranty for the price of a Camry, some say buy a 40 year old bug, some say buy a new car with many options to…

For Fuchs sake, enough with the CUVs!

Russian cars aren't really popular in Russia. They are starting to make a come back with enthusiasts and purists but Russians prefer imports. Not to mention that a lot of older Russian cars suffer from poor build quality. I would put them on par if not below British Leyland but that's a story for another topic.

There's a concern of ticketing, and then there's a concern of paying attention to the road.

"I have to pull over to take a cell phone call." I fail to see this as a problem but rather a solution.

*sees headline*

Counterpoint: weight.

This isn't a topper, simply a "I'd never have guessed this fact pattern"...

Great.. Now next season he will have to drag a trailer behind his car to haul around his now even more inflated ego.

Toyota Press Fleet Rep, reading Jalopnik: "Uh, sir..."

I was very excited when I saw that the Lexus GS450 hybrid was making an appearance on my weekly press-car schedule. While my fellow toilers on Automotive Grub Street fap themselves senseless over the Dodge Charger Challenger Hellspawn, I have different priorities. I love luxury, ease, fuel economy, and reliability.

He really should be under a bridge, and not on billboards.

But... but... Bernie says to think before you drive.

John Oliver has a great piece on Civil Forfeiture:

Diesel! Manual! Smaller! More efficient! Superior off-road setup!

This should have been the Explorer.

I had to pick three.. just to make it right.

R34 Skyline GT-R NISMO JGTC "Pennzoil"

always liked the JGTC Skylines and Supras as well.

People keep saying it will be the biggest contract in F1 history. Those people fail to include the cost of the ice cream Kimi eats.